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Featuring:
Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Written by:
William Eastlake
Daniel Taradash
David Rayfiel
Directed by:
Sydney Pollack
Release Date:
July 23, 1969
Original Title:
Castle Keep
Alternate Titles:
Ardenne '44 - Un Inferno
Un château en enfer
Η Μεγάλη Μάχη της Φλάνδρας
Το Κάστρο του Πολέμου
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | War
Production Companies:
Avala Film
Columbia Pictures
Filmways Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 18+ IE: 15 SE: 15 US: R
Runtime: 105
During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against the advancing Germans.
Toward the end of World War II, a small company of American GI's occupy an ancient castle. Their commander has an affair with the countess in resident. One guy falls in love with a Volkswagon. A baker among them moves in with another baker's wife. A group of shell shocked holy rollers wander the bombed out streets. A GI art historian tries vainly to protect the castle and its masterpieces.
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Art Direction:
Max Douy
Mort Rabinowitz
Jacques Douy
Assistant Director:
Marc Maurette
Assistant Editor:
Michèle Robert-Lauliac
Associate Producer:
Edward L. Rissien
Casting:
Lynn Stalmaster
Conductor:
Michel Legrand
Costume Design:
Jacques Fonteray
Director:
Sydney Pollack
Director of Photography:
Henri Decaë
Editor:
Malcolm Cooke
Music:
Michel Legrand
Novel:
William Eastlake
Producer:
John Calley
Martin Ransohoff
Production Manager:
Ludmilla Goulian
Screenplay:
Daniel Taradash
David Rayfiel
Second Unit Director:
Ray Kellogg
Set Dresser:
Charles Merangel
Sound:
Antoine Petitjean
Unit Manager:
Suzanne Wiesenfeld
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